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in pencil in top margin: Rodgers, John C. File:Drawing of upper half of body of a man at a typewriter R.I
I can't send in anything NEW -- my typewriter is on the blink -- and altho my son promised me a new one for Christmas, the new one is still in the offing. Lack of money is the reason. I have a new, old one, that needs re-typing, "Marse John's Boy" -- that should be all right for the FOOLKILLER.
File:Drawing of barefoot man in overalls, walking
And an oldie that "See Here, Marion Hargrove" said was "over the heads" of the average GI, which is a big tub of you-know what. The "average GI" was just as smart as the "average professor" and that is a lot of who-struck-john, anyway you look at it.
File:Drawing of head and shoulders of a GI with caption "Duh? What'd ja say?
Had a letter from Harry M.Caudill once -- about his Night Comes to the Cumberlands. Have no hope for the Appalachians, souls or not. Coal Companies have no feeling -- no heart -- no nothing, but a desire to get the coal. Comstock, editor of the Hillbilly, or ex-editor, is a case in point -- he sees nothing wrong with Strip Mining -- a blind spot, but then he is a Republican, and must have a lot of blind spots. Hang in thar, and keep a-digging. We-uns air a-hanging' on. Thanks for the nibblings -- wasn't for you I wouldn't have nair a one. Jack II